Parejas de los animales [Animal Partners] (Spanish Edition)

Physical & Behavioral Adaptation

by Scotti Cohn, Shennen Bersani (Illustrator)

Este libro nos muestra de una manera muy atractiva las relaciones simbióticas de los animales grandes y pequeños.

Genres: Animals, Picture Books

32 pages, Paperback

First published September 10, 2014

Reviews

[Jessica Coker · Rating 5 out of 5]

My children loved this book. The pages are filled with fun, realistic, colorful images. The rhymes are fun and catchy. It's great to have them learning in a way that feels like a fun story time. The creative mind section at the end is also great. It continues to encourage learning in a fun age appropriate manner.

Thank you Goodreads for making me a Firsts Reads winner.

[ACS Book-finder · Rating 4 out of 5]

Arbordale Publishing brings entertainment and education to children and classrooms in an approachable format. Author Scotti Cohn and illustrator Shennen Bersani have teamed to bring a colorful, entertaining book about animals and other critters that partner to keep one another clean, fed, or pest free.

Written in rhyming prose the educational information is delivered with a touch of humor. The bird in the crocodile’s mouth doing his bit of “dentistry” and the barnacles atop the back of the sea turtle are just a couple of the delightful illustrations.

As with other books in the Arbordale series, there is a “For Creative Minds” section at the back of the book with more in depth information and activities. Example:

Commensalism: One partner rides on the other partner without hurting the ride-giver.

--“Fake scorpions” (pseudoscorpions) catch a lift from flies and other insects by holding onto legs or abdomens.
--Remoras cling to sharks and a few barnacles hitch rides on sea turtles or whales.

More free learning activities are location online at http://ArbordalePublishing.com.

I can recommend this as a fun learning book.

DISCLOSURE: A complimentary copy was provided by Arbordale to facilitate this review. Opinions expressed are those of the reviewer. No compensation was received for this review.

[Margaret · Rating 3 out of 5]

Through poetry and colorful images the young reader can learn about symbiotic relationships in nature. This is cross disciplinary strategy to intermingle poetry with non-fiction science. Illustrations such as the bird brushing the alligator's teeth or the tea party on the whale's are humorous but they seem a bit out of place since other images are more reality based. In the back of the book can be found a key that matches the creature names with the images. Mutualism, Commensalism and Parasitism are explained in detail in regards to the win-win or win-lose concepts of animal partnerships.
Many books by this publisher have a 30 page online teaching resource that extend the related lessons at ArbordalePublishing.com. There are pre-reading questions, comprehension questions, worksheets and so much more online.

[Barbara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Featuring several unlikely partnerships, this engaging nonfiction title uses rhyming text to engage readers in learning about science. The back matter expands on those unlikely relationships, pointing out that there are three types of symbiotic relationships: mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism. It's fun and interesting to note how a rhino provides an insect feast to tickbirds or how and emperor shrimp blends in with its sea cucumber host. Young readers will be amused by many of the illustrations, for instance, a warthog receiving spa treatment from more than one mongoose or a sea turtle that just can't rid itself of the pesky barnacle that has become so attached to is carrier. There are four activity pages intended to help readers learn even more.

[Ann · Rating 5 out of 5]

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from Goodreads First-reads Program in exchange for an honest review.

I totally enjoyed reading this book! I has a great illustrations and I learned a lot from it especially since it also has a short quiz or game at the very end. Totally worth it. Both adult and children will love it and would enjoy it. Highly recommended!

[Amanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bright and colorful children's book! This is a fun book for children to learn about symbiotic relationships in the animal world.

Special thanks to Scotti and Goodreads, as I won this book in a giveaway.

[Andrea Freeland · Rating 5 out of 5]

My daughter loved this book.